LifeTree Church

Stage 1 - Preparing: Pre-Public Worship (June 2007 - December 2007)

Goal: A unified church planting team with a clear vision.


• • Establish a prayer base of 25 daily intercessors per staff person.
• • Raise financial support.
• • Create the church’s presence.
• • Outline sermons for the first 6 to 12 months.
• • Team moves to the field.
• • Begin networking with contacts, local churches, organizations, and businesses.
• • Each staff establishes accountability relationships with a local mentor and other church planters.
• • Locate meeting facilities.
• • Confirm the start date.
• • Secure site equipment.
• • Recruit and train the site setup crew.
• • Recruit and train the worship team.
• • Plan the first worship service.
• • Complete administrative tasks (liability insurance, bulk mail permit, etc.)
• • Implement outreach strategies.
• • Implement advertising campaign.

Stage 2 . Developing: Ministry & leadership development (January 2008 - December 2008)

Goal: Basic ministries and leadership developed.


• • Recruit and train leadership for basic ministries (prayer, worship, learning, fellowship, evangelism, mercy ministries).
• • Establish assimilation and follow-up ministries.
• • Continue and further develop the multiplication/discipleship ministries.
• • Hold the first Newcomer’s Class and confirm new members.

Stage 3 . Organizing: Formal organization of the church (January 2009 - June 2009)

Goal: Leaders committed to plant more churches.


• • Set the organization date.

Stage 4 . Growing: On-going church growth & development (July 2009 - December 2010)

Goal: A healthy, growing church.


• • Determine growth goals.
• • Train and ordain additional leaders.
• • Continue, refine, and adjust multiplication and discipleship training.
• • Initiate plans for daughter church.
• • Recruit a church planting intern.

Stage 5 . Reproducing: Starting a daughter church (January 2011 - December 2011)

Goal: A reproducing church.


• • Continue to impart vision for church planting.
• • Identify church plant target group and area.
• • Establish specific goals and objectives.
• • Raise the necessary financial support.
• • Provide training, supervision, and support.
• • Plant the first local daughter church.
• • Impart a vision for reproduction in the daughter church.
• • Be a resource to the new church.
• • Recruit a new church planting intern.
• • Raise funds to purchase land.

Stage 6 . Locating: Establishing a permanent presence (January 2012 - June 2012)

Goal: Permanent facilities established for church ministries.


• • Raise funds for the building.
• • Find a location for the permanent facility.
• • Determine the building plan and needs.
• • Oversee the building project.